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Reading Time: 3 minutesA D&D 5e round is the basic unit of time used during combat. It represents about 6 seconds of in-game action, during which every creature involved in the fight gets a chance to act. Rounds are often misunderstood in 5e combat—not because the rule is … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 3 minutesTieflings have come a long way since their introduction to D&D in the Planescape setting. While you won’t find them in the Player’s Handbook for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition, they are nonetheless a playable race in 5E. Despite an infernal legacy, nothing says … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 3 minutesPick up any recently published role-playing game (or sometimes even a modern supplement to any given rule system), and there is a good chance that there is a section communicating what a role-playing game is. This isn’t a bad practice. I like that fewer games … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you state a painful truth like “in 5E, surprise rounds don’t exist,” you tend to draw a lot of attention to yourself. Some people will invoke Dudeism and say, “Yeah? Well, you know, that’s just like uh, your opinion, man.” Some—usually those who are … [continue reading]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFantasy could arguably be considered over-represented in tabletop roleplaying games. I think many people immediately think of Dungeons & Dragons whenever they hear fantasy. What I like about Symbaroum’s fantasy setting is how dark and gritty it is. This is not the high fantasy of D&D. … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 4 minutesI haven’t done a robust study, but my hunch is that magic items collections probably make up the bulk of all Dungeons & Dragons 5E third-party content. At least outside of adventures anyway. It makes sense actually. We play for the intrinsic fun, of course, … [continue reading]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHorror is an easy genre to do poorly. It’s not unlike fantasy in that regard. But Free League Publishing made it work with the Nordic Horror Roleplaying game Vaesen. (Read a nice review of the game on The Yawning Portal.) The 19th-century Scandanavian setting is … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 2 minutesNow for Fantasy Grounds too! Trouble stirs in the normally quiet and bucolic lakeside town of Willow Grove. The residents here are jovial, hard-working, and superstitious. When the town’s cemetery caretaker makes a macabre discovery while tending to the gardens, he’s certain there is evil … [continue reading]
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome time ago, I was browsing ArtStation and stumbled across “Children of the deeps” (pictured) by Maxence Burgel. I couldn’t help but envision this gang of miscreants as the ubiquitous itty bitty shitty committee. Speaking for anyone but myself would be folly, but I know what … [continue reading]
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